MAN— PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 033 



"I am cl(.'i'pl\- and iircxocahly ronx-iiici'd that luix- al()n<i; tliis|xith leads 

 thi' way to the hnal trunnpli of the human mind on er its utmost and SLipreme 

 prohlcin the know lfd<j;<.' ol the mechanism and laws oi' liuman nature. Only 

 henee may eome a lull, true and [)ernKuu'nt liuman happiness. Let the mind 

 rise trom \ietory to victory oxer surroundmij; nature; let it conc|uer for 

 human life and aeti\ity, not ouIn all the surface of the eartli, hut the water 

 and surrounding atmosphere; let it transfer for its purjjose prodi<iious 

 energy from one part of the eartii to tlu' other; k't it annihilate space 

 for the transference ol its thoughts — \ et the same human and his mind 

 leadmg hmi mto dark powers, to wars and re\ olutions, with their horrors, 

 not calcuhiting the material loss and iru-xpressihle pain, reproduces animal 

 relations. Only science — the exact science about this same human and the 

 most sincere a|)proach to it Irom the side ol Omnipotent Nature w ill deli\er 

 man Irom his present gloom and will purge him of his contemporary shame 

 m the sjihere ol human relations." 



The brain of prehistoric man seems to shed new light u])on this jjath. 

 It seems to give assurance of that delixcrance which ]^a\lo\- conlidently 

 believes awaits mankind. 



THE FI?0\IAL LOBE — ITS POTENTIALITIES FOR HUMAN PROGRESS 



IN THE FUTURE 



Since his earliest beginning man has grown in humanit\ as his brain 

 expanded. Such a conclusion appears irresistible. A comparison of the cere- 

 brum m the stages ol human cNolution ahx-ady known to us is sullicient to 

 con\ince the most skeptical. Placed side by side (Figs. 41-422), brain casts of 

 the Javan and the Piltdown man, the Rhodcsian and the Neanderthal, the 

 Predmost and tlu' modern, demonstrate more efTectually than words the 

 extent of this progress. The regions in w hich expansion has been most pro- 

 nounced are easily discerned. Increments in the parietal and temporal areas 



